Building the Nest 2014

Bringing Home Bishop

ABOUT ME

Welcome to my blog. I'm Melissa...a lover of Jesus, wife to my incredible husband Ryan, Mama to my sweet Gideon who came home to us via China's Special Needs Program and Bishop who will join us sometime next year, twin sister to my best friend, auntie to two beautiful girls and two sweet little boys. This blog is a little peek into the craziness that is infertility and how it turned into the biggest blessing of our lives and ultimately led us to the gift of adoption. God's precious plan for us is ALWAYS more than we could plan for ourselves. It's a long story, but it's a goodie.....at least we think it is :)

ADOPTION TIMELINE

*YOU REALLY HAVE TO READ OUR INFERTILITY TIMELINE TO SEE HOW GOD LED US TO OUR DECISION TO ADOPT...

02/04/11 Dinner with friends who've adopted internationally...Tears are flowing. God is speaking to us!!02/07/11 International Adoption Seminar05/19/11 Domestic Adoption Seminar06/05/11 My friend Lisa introduces me to NICOLE'S BLOG...our eyes are opened to special needs adoption from China, specifically cleft lip/cleft palate07/26/11 Meet NICOLE...Praise God for new friends! Story to follow!07/27/11 Research Special Needs Adoption further08/24/11 Nicole introduces me to ANGIE'S BLOG!09/17/11 COULD IT BE ANY CLEARER? GOD IS CALLING US TO ADOPT A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD FROM CHINA!09/23/11 Mailed application to Adoption Agency (LHAA)09/30/11 Contract mailed to LHAA10/10/11 Met with our doctor for help navigating special needs list10/28/11 Completed Pre-Adoption Training10/29/11 Mailed application to Home Study Agency (AT)11/02/11 Started compiling documents for Home Study11/03/11 Assigned social worker